Gut microbiota regulates resistance to cholera.
Cholera is a contagion that causes chronic diarrhea brought on through the intake of food or water contaminated with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. Cholera affects roughly 4 million people per year, leaving victims severely dehydrated and killing within hours if left untreated. The gut microbiome, a symbiotic microbial colony residing in the gastrointestinal tract, has been implicated in the body’s
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